Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are engaged!

Britain’s Prince Harry and U.S. actress Meghan Markle announced they were engaged and would get married in the spring of next year.

 Britain’s Prince Harry and U.S. actress Meghan Markle announced they were engaged and would get married in the spring of next year.

Harry, 33, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson and fifth-in-line to the British throne, and Markle, 36, best known for her role in the U.S. TV legal drama "Suits", got engaged earlier this month in London.

The queen, who had to give her assent for the union, and her husband Prince Philip are delighted, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said.

Harry and Markle, who is a divorcee, met in July 2016 after they were introduced through friends. They made their first public appearance together at the Invictus Games in Toronto, a sports event for wounded veterans.

The couple are due to appear together for the media later on Monday and a broadcast interview will also be aired

"We are very excited for Harry and Meghan," William and Kate said in a statement. "It has been wonderful getting to know Meghan and to see how happy she and Harry are together."

Harry’s previous girlfriends included Zimbabwe-born Chelsy Davy, who he dated on and off for about five years, and actress Cressida Bonas.

Over the years, Harry was portrayed as a royal wild child and playboy prince, but he turned around his image after joining the army, where he spent 10 years and included two tours of duty in Afghanistan. He said it was a role where he felt he could be himself without media scrutiny or any other trappings of his gilded upbringing.